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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

5,650 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Motor Plant Strike

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

A sudden strike by 250 engineers at the Ford Motor Company, Homebush, threw the plant idle and affected jobs…

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Bus Hits Tram

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Monday.--Five people were taken to hospital after a Sandgate bus crashed into the back of a Holland…

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Five Hurt in Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.-- A city-bound Sandgate bus crashed into the rear of a tram in Wickham St.,…

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Five Hurt in Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 8

BRISBANE, Monday.-- A city-bound Sandgate bus crashed info the rear of a tram in Wickham St.,…

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Five Hurt in Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 8

BRISBANE, Monday.-- A city-bound Sandgate bus crashed, into the rear of a tram in Wickham St.,…

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Five Hurt in Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 16

BRISBANE, Monday.-- A city-bound Sandgate bus crashed into the rear of a tram in Wickham St.,…

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Motoring Section Every Tuesday Road Impressions Of... THE M. G. MIDGET

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

The new TD model of the M.G. Midget is a straight-out sports car. The international fame of its predecessors and the world's records standing to its credit are well known. The new model, however, incorporates some fundamental alterations…

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Tram Track Potholes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 6

Potholes along city and suburban tram tracks are causing serious damage to motor vehicles…

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New Railways Award Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 9

Mr. V. G. Hall, Federal Conciliation Commissioner, yesterday issued a new award for about 9,000 permanent way and…

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Motor Co. Closes Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 5

The Ford Motor Co. (Aust.) Pty., Ltd., closed its Homebush plant yesterday after workers in the…

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Rolled-down Railway Lines Were World's First Battleship Armor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON would surely have stirred uneasily beneath his plaque in St. Paul's had he heard about the strange encounter at the shallow junction of the James and Elizabeth Rivers, on the coast of Virginia,…

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Rolled-dawn Railway Lines Were World's First Battleship Armor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON would surely have stirred uneasily beneath his plaque in St. Paul's had he heard about the strange encounter at the shallow junction of the James and Elizabeth Rivers, on the coast of Virginia,…

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Rolled-down Railway Lines Were World's First Battleship Armor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON would surely have stirred uneasily beneath his plaque in St. Paul's had he heard about the strange encounter at the shallow junction of the James and Elizabeth Rivers, on the coast of Virginia,…

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Rolled-down Railway Lines Were World's First Battleship Arshor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON would surely have stirred uneasily beneath his plaque in St Paul's had he heard about the strange encounter at the shallow junction of the James and Elizabeth Rivers, on the coast of Virginia,…

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Rolled-down Railway Lines Were World's First Battleship Armor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

ADMIRAL LORD' NELSON would surely have stirred uneasily beneath his plaque in St. Paul's had he heard about the strange encounter at the shallow junction of the James and Elizabeth Rivers, on the coast of Virginia,…

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Rolled-down Railway Lines Were World's First Battleship Armor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON would surely have stirred uneasily beneath his plaque in St. Paul's had he heard about the strange encounter at the shallow junction of the James and Elizabeth Rivers, on the coast of Virginia,…

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Rolled-down Railway Lines Were World's First Battleship Armor

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 13

ADMIRAL LORD NELSON would surely have stirred uneasily beneath his plaque in St. Paul's had he heard about the strange encounter at the shallow junction of the James and Elizabeth Rivers, on the coast of Virginia,…

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Dangerous Greystanes Road

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 6

The secretary of Greystanes Progress Association wrote as follows to Holroyd Council:— "I have been directed by the above…

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73 Killed in Train Disaster

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Seventy-three persons were killed tonight when a passenger train was derailed near Woodbridge (New Jersey) and…

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Big Cuts Made In Train-Tables

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 7

In evening off-peak periods electric trains have been reduced to half-hourly services, because of the coal shortage. From 2 p.m. on Saturday all…

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